I've spent the past few weeks singing praises for this game and, really, I can't think of anything more to say. This game is brilliant, it's succeeded over its predecessor in every possible way, it is well-written with an epic feel and really goes to the effort of making my care about the characters enough to make me complete it a second time around to make sure no one gets killed (true).
Okay so maybe the planet mining sections were monumentally tedious but everything else is done really well and it is certainly fun to see decisions being made in the last game effect the second one. The game held my attention all the way through and was fun, exciting and compelling. In addition, having the T-800 as the final boss was the icing on the cake.
Thing is, where can this series possibly go from here? Topping Mass Effect was a tough job indeed - and ME2 pretty much achieved it. Resetting Shepard's stats though resurrection at the hands of Cerberus at the beginning was a clever move - how can it be topped? I liked the integration of the old crew in the sequel - can it done again with a crew of ten/twelve? I liked how every element in the previous game was improved upon - so if it ain't broke why fix it?
Can Bioware achieve the impossible with ME3? Well they would if gamers would lower their expectations but what's the chances of that happening?
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